| The fifth martlet was added because when the charges were placed on a shield, the base looked a bit empty. |
| The martlet and Celtic cross repeat the themes of Canon Cairns's Canadian and Scottish identity and his vocation. |
| In the first crest, from his father, the lymphad and the martlet are borrowed from the arms of West Vancouver, where Mr. Watt and his father grew up. |
| The martlet in French heraldry is called the merlette, represented by a swallow, depicted without legs, and later usually. without a beak. |
| The martlet is practically always represented in profile, at rest, and with its wings closed. |
| Gates of wrought iron, with perhaps a martlet from the Byrd coat of arms above them, swung between tall pillars in the wall. |
